The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1895. T CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. o Condensed City news on seventh page of the A The American Actors’ Association gives its first social. Brief City ftems are to be found on this page ©of the CALL every day. Local items, bright and brief, can be found on this page of the CALL every morning. The closing exercises of St. Mary’s College in the Baldwin Theater last evening. Norton shot himself in a Clay-street ve! No reason for the deed is ed in the Italian colony onsul Poma is to leave "alparaiso. school children are not included in and games at the park on the ittce for the afiiliated colleges se- e sites for the consigeration of the egents. Weather Bureau forecasts fair weather, ly stationary temperature and brisk a ne exhibit of sweet peas at the of the California state Floral Society yesterday afternoon. -tables of the railroad companies are hed free of charge in the CALL for the &e- odation of readers _Judge Hebbard vesterday granted Martha Frank a divorce from Francis Frank upon the ground of his willful neglect. ffman Company has decided a3 through its land in Mer- ) the Valley road. aunhart delivers an address on e Iroguois Club in which he is 1 President Cleveland. Tict yesterday 2dgemount, Thelma Julia Martin 5l st over the estate of John 8. Mox- two widows testified yesterday ied to him by contract. 1 and Police Committee of the rvisors will recommend the ap- @ police oflicers. carnival at Santa Cruz cipate with her court in yration in this City. ts of way and franchises for m_Stockton to Modesto are 1 begin without delay. 7 of the Independent ut Soclety will take 2 16, ut Germania Gardens, he fift German at the French Hospital, ely two pounds, is being suc- in an incubator atthe Chil- nder false pre- d_against J. C. , the ne ed young cou- ster. : from {usicians’ Union promises to contribute each man employcd Fourth of July. It ta ¥ n the programme if non- 1ion men are Judge Hunt b s granted a motion for & new ins his reasons for do- some residence at Mill- t night. The The origin of giment, N. G. C., will leave “kinh, where they will go ek. Colonel Macdonald says ¥ s will be enforced. ecured in Judge Belcher’s court trial of McGaughey, charged der of Dr. Piouf. ‘ihe taking of will begin Monday morning. ner Austin says that the tnat a new lodge will be built e pre ding. The new cost $20,000 and bu between e will 1e ground that th me 1o which he had e to the success of the the majority sed to-day. brated at Glenwood, in sent to the State Judge Wallace, he i burglary. Charles Beck were nty years' imprisonment. appointed by Assessor of ul ured personal dhand in their work, extension of time will be &s provided by the law. n Flynn sgainst John R. ges for alieged breach of he Supreme Court has reversed the , ywer _court, whereby plaintiff $7500 damages, and ordered a ction was begun in the Superior Court A. C. Freeman against William H. Cunninghanm to enforce a T the sale of certain landsin :laims an interest, aud the r Benk will concolidate oolworth Bank July. hat other busin demand- George W. Scott and Henry admitied to the directory of k. anumber of small 1y against the ms sued for ag- brought > A on behalf utting Frui Commissioners who investigated the bor question yesterday unearthed os issued by an en med by t e documents are ed by the Chinese 0 damages, ich and on 28th of April, according to the complaint. he ran inio the Freda, damaging the vessel's stern to the gmount prayed for. Mr. Varley, the English evangelist, will ad- dres a meeting for young men only at the association building, Mason and Ellis streets, to-morrow afternoot. at 3 o'clock on the sub: ject, “Ihe Wonderful Change.” Seats free and young men between 16 and 40 years of age earnestly invited to attend. The will of the late Henry Niemann was filed for_probate vesterday. ‘The property of ceceased, which consists of real estate located on McAllister street, near Gough, is bequeathed to the widow, Louise Niemann. By the will of John W. M which was also filed yesterday, his estate, valued at $5000, is be- queathed to his wido The report of the registrar of the Associated Charities for the week ending June 15 was as follows: New cases, 24; recurrent cases, 18; wtal, 42. Investigated for: Individuals San Fran: 0 Benevolent Society, Socie for the Prevention of Crueity to Children, 43 Francesca relief, 4; 8an Francisco Polyclinic, 4: Fruit and Flower Mission, 3; Mayor Sutro, 2; foreign societies, 2; helpers, 2; St. Vincent de Paul and Ladies’ Aid,1 each; personai, 4; died, 4. The Sequofa Democratic Club of the Forty- fourth District has been organized with the following officers: President, James A. Devoto; vice-president, vent, S Dr. Morton; second vice-presi- ge ‘Seekamp; recording secretary, ; financial secretary, G. Nathan} at-arms, Paul Dubois; executive com- Thomas Haskins, E. Donnelly, Grif J. P. Mogan and J. Curran. The mem- p is seventy-five. The club will give its annual picuicat Harbor View, Presidio, July 4. H Wischmeier, a tailor who arrived two weeks ago from Redwood City, was taken to the Receiving Hospital last evening suffering from the effects of asphyxiation by gas. Wisch- meier has been stopping at a lodging-house, No.12 Ellis street, and has been despondent through business tronbles. While in this mood yesterday he laid on a bed in the honse and turned on the gas. Fortunately he was dis- covered betore he was beyond recovery. When brought to he refused to say why he wanted to end his life. When 8 man becomes famous in any way, both he and his family are liable to all the ains and penalties of greatness. The latest Fxmnme illustrating this truism is the case of Otto Ziegler br., father of Otto Ziegler Jr., the well-known cyclist. It was reported in the newspapers that Ziegler Sr. was found roaming around the water frontat2 A. 3. in the power of & gang of hoodlums, who were preparing t attack ham. Mr. Ziegler writes from kan Jose 1o say that he has Dot been in San Francisco for thie past six months and is therefore some- what {ndignant that a report like the forego- ing shouid have gained currency. He says that somebody has been representing himself as Otto Ziegler's father. Ge: FOR THE NATIONAL DAY Hard Work by the Committees | for the Fourth of July Celebration. INVITATION TO QUEEN ANITA. | The Rev. Anna M. Shaw Elected a | Member of One of the Reg- ular Committees. The appointment by the executive com- | mittee for the Fourth of July celebration | of a committee of three members to have | general supervision, and be, in fact, the | executive board, for the entire celebration. has proved to be a good move. Messrs, Reichart and Galloway, two of the board | members, were about the headquarters all | day yesterday, and as a result business | was done in a systematic manner and much was accomplished. 1 In the afternoon the invitation and re- | ception committes assembled in full strength, and of those present twenty-two were ladies. Mme. Sorbier reported that the inmates of | the orphan asylums at San Rafael and San regalia for the grand marshal and his aids, a Fist of which has already been published. Their decision awards a portion of the con- tract for furnishing the regalia to each of three firms—D. Norcross & Co., J. M. Litchfield & Co. and B. Pasqual & Sons. The amounts of their bids will not be made public until they are submitted to the executive committee. The committee on decorations met in executive session to consider the choice of a design for an arch on Market street. After much discussion that of W. B. Hamilton was adopted to be recommended to the executive committee. It has ar- rangements for electric light effects, as de- scriied in the CaLL some days ago, and will cost about $2000. FIGURING OF MUSIO, The Union and the Fourth of July Oom- mittee Try to Arrange Terms. The Musicians’ Union discussed the situ- ation in regard to the approaching Fourth of July celebration yesterday. Considera- ble feeling was aroused by what a few of the mempvers thought was an intimation | ot uniriendliness on the part of some of | the music committee. No serious differ- | nces occurred, however, and an ultima- um was decided upon. | A committee consisting of J. Madison, | president of the union, E. E. Schmitz, sec- | retary, and T. W. Sullivan waited on the | music committee on Friday of last week to see what arrangements could be made. | The music committee objected to paying | $2 per man, the list price of the union, but | | ‘offered to pay 5. | The musicians declared tbat they could | not go below the figure fixed by the union. | Then the gentlemen of the music com- | | mittee reminded them that last year when THEODORE REICHART. MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE W. T. GALLOWAY. BOARD FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. Mateo would not be permitted to attend e suit of Louis Wallenstein against | the celebration. The institution at Vallejo will send 102 orphans, for whom A Towne of the railroad company has given transportation. There will be present and eighty from the Hebrew Asylum. Only six of the inmates of the Lick Old Ladies’ Home can accept the City’s invita- sponse has as yet been received. It was thought best that the kindergar- ten children should go direct to the park with their mothers or guardians, and each child will be provided with a badge, with- the use of the games in the park free of charge. It was estimated that there would be 6000 orphans and kindergartners to pro- | P 3 each | i vide for, and Mrs. Cooper was instructed to ascertain the cost of their badges. D. J. Toohy, Edward Hunter and Frank W. Sumner were appbinted to drasw up a form of invitation for the invited ) gues;s, who will occupy seats on the grand | stand. Edward Hunter, D. J. Toohy, Frank W. Sumner, H. Shainwaid, A. E. Castle, | F. G. Voss and M. Seligman were ap- pointed a special committee to derermine | who shall receive invitations. hairman Sonntag reported that on in- vestigation he had found that the grand stand would cost $400 less than the first es- timate, which would reduce the amount of money required by the committee to $750. | Messrs. Rich and Sonntag were ap-, pointed a special committee to invite the | Queen of the Carnival at Santa Cruz to at- | tend the celebration witn her retinue. An invitation was sent to the Pioneer | women to take equal part in the celebra- } tion with the Pioneer men. It was decided that the women should take full charge of the children invited to take part in the celebration. The entertainment comamittee passed a resolution as follows: Resolved, That Miss Anna H. Shaw, an emi- nent American woman, sojourning within our gates, be Invited to become a_member of this commitiee, and when she shall have signified her acceptance the executive committee hav- ing in charge the celebration of the one hun- dred and nineteenth anniversary of American independence are kindly requesied to appoint the Jady a member hereof. Mrs. 8. B. Cooper, Mrs. L. A. Sorbierand Mrs. L. C. Fraser were appointed to con- sult with the Park Commissioners and to cure iree of charge the use of the merry- wo-round, the donkeys and other facilities for amusement. Mrs. Theodore E. Smith, Mrs. J. Vidaver, Mrs. B. Rumsey, Miss Hattie Cooper and | Miss Hannah Lezinsky were appointed to nge for refreshments for the children. was decided that women waitresses It should be hired to aseist in serving the children. | The printing committee, consisting of Samuel Foster (chairman) and Messrs. Down. Whiteside and Whitton, received bids for programmes and posters, and they awarded the contract. At a_conference of the chairwomen of the various ladies’ auxiliaries it was ais- covered that the women are makin, gvrefmrnfions to care for the public schoot children. They decline to undertake the matter, claiming that they have to doonl with the orphan ana kindergarten chil- dren, and that as the men invited the pub- duty to care for them. At the present standing, therefore, the public school pupils are not eligible for free games at the | park or for the candy and lunch. 1t was decided that the mothers of kin- dergarten children be given badges en- titling them to seatsin the children’s grand stand. Chairman Dalton of the finance commit- mittee is having a great deal of trouble with unauthorized 'sons who are collect- ing funds ostensibly for the celebration. More receipts turned up to-day and it is evident that at least §60 has been collected by the swindlers. The authorized receipt- books have pasted on their back cover the following: SAN FraNCISco, June 13, 1895. To Whom It May Concern : This is to certify that —- and — are duly authorized to collect funds for Fourth of July celebration. Take their receipt for money paid them and see that your name and amount is placed on stub of their receipt-book. FRANK DALTON, Chairman Finance Committee. A reward of $25 has been offered for the arrest of the swindlers, and Dalton is de- sirous of meeting a claimant for the re- ward. Last evening delegates from the various | parlors of the Native Sons met in joint convention and decided that that organiza- tion could not afford to be unrepresented when the Veteran Firemen and the Grand Army men were in line. A committee of three, consisting of F. G. Wisker, E. L. Forster and A. T. Barnett, was appointed to confer with parlors which did not favor parading and induce them to turn out. The grand marshal announced the selec- tion of Frank W. Marston as marshal of the Native Sons’ division, and his choice from the Youths’ Directory sixty orphans, | tion, and from the Crocker Home no re- | out which none will be entitled to lunch or | | it was found that funds were short the union had allowed a rebate of $1 on each | man employed. men in line this amounted to a donation | of §200. The committee pleaded poverty | and asked for the same favor. i Yesterday the union decided to recom- | mend that the price list committee allow members {0 play in the parade for $7 ach. Assoon as this point was fixed G. W. Owens, the secretary of the Fourth of | July committee, was telephoned that the | musicians had agreed to play for $7 and | that it was all right. | Mr. Owens then wanted to know who | had agreed to play for $7. He advised that the proper committees be seen before the | musicians should consider the matter closed. This cannot be dene till after Wednesday, when the price list committee meets | ““This fizure will only hold on condition i that no non-union men are hired,” ex- | plained Secretary Schmitz. *The com- mittee intimated that they might hire non-union bands at low figures. If the committee hires a single non-union player not a union man will turn out. The parade will then be as great a failure as that of 1889, when the union bands refused to play because they were only offered $6. *‘You may say, too, that the regimental bands will not Play. Though the Govern- ment makes allowance for their instru- ments, each man has his own. Asa result the regimental bands can be made to turn out, but the Government cannot make them carry their instruments. It may urchase new instruments; but,” added Mr. Schmitz, suggestively, “‘the new in- | struments may not, and very probably | would not, be in tone.” { it S The Royal Baking Powder Company controls its own cream of tartar factory and the processes for making the only abso- | lutely pure cream of tartar. i INCREASING THE FORCE, The Appointment of Seventy- Five Policemen to Be Recommended. Patrick McDonough Wants to Be Poundkeeper and Do the Work for Nothing. At the meeting of the Health and Police Comuittee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday morning, Chairman Taylor and | Supervisor Hobbs of the Finance Com- | mittee appeared with a protest against the proposed levy to add 125 men to the police | force. Mr. Taylor said that he would oppose the appointment of so large a num- ber of men at one time. He had been in consultation with quite a number of tax- payers, who objected to the increase, some of them remonstrating against any in- crease at all. For himself, the Supervisor said he would favor the appointment of seventy- lic school children to participate, it is their | five men in July, and of fifty more at the beginning of the fiscal year of 1898. Mr, Hobbs assented to the proposition. Super- visor Wagner of the Health and Police Committee said that there was no doubt that more policemen were needed, but that he would agree to limiting the number to seventy-five for the present. Chairman Benjamin expressed himself in favor of the proposition, provided that it were understood that fifty more would be appointed a year later. Mr. Taylor said that this was his idea, and the committee agreedmrecommend that seventy-five be appointed. It will also be recommended that the increase in the number of captains, lieutenants and sergeants be made, as was suggested some time ago. Supervisor Hobbs brought up the ques- tion regarding the provision for mounted police for the outside districts. The only way in which this conld be done, he was informed, was by buying horses, Supervisor Morgenstern suggested pro- viding_the officers with bicyc%es, as had been done in the East. Action on this proposition was deferred. Patrick McDonough asked that he be iven the finsilion of Poundkeeper, now eld by F. H. Osborn of the Society for the Prevention of Orueity to Animals. Mr., McDonough agreed 1o fill the position, which now costs the City $400 a month, for nothing. Action on the application was postponed for a week. The complaint of Mrs. E. Serack against the treatment of Mrs. Kerrigan by Matron Gilmore in the Receiving Hospital was placed on file. Captain Stone denied the charges of ill treatment and sald that Mrs. Kerrigan was drunk when taken into the was ratified by the meet‘m%. Messrs. Galloway, Kohlberg and Brad- ford of the regalia committee spent three hours last evemnfi'comp.flng the merits and prices of the bids and samples for the Receiving Hospital. THERE is an article on the market seldom equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- k¥ Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantee its purity. * As there were over 200 | MARBLE FOR THE WALLS, A New Scheme to Construct Buildings of That Material. THE AFFILIATED COLLEGES. The Faculty Is Considering Plans for Thelr $250,000 Structure. It is among the possibilities of the im- mediate future that the affiliated colleges of the State University will have a marble building. The last Legislature appropriated a quar- ter of a million dollars to the building of the affiliated colleges to be erected in this City; and, though no site has as yet been secured, the joint committee of the sev- eral faculties has had several building plans and designs up for consideration. Among them was one for a marble struc- ture. The plans so far have been merely sug- gestive, including that of J. C. Pelton for a marble building. The only thing of the kind in the State is the Stockton Public Library, the exterior appearance of which is that of solid marble. The question as to whether a marble building can be constructed at reasonable cost Architect Pelton thinks has been satisfactorily answered in the Stockton structure, to which reference is made. It is claimed that the method of construction invented by Mr. Pelton has solved the problem of cost, durability and strength, combined with external beauty. The walls are of brick and steel, with a marble veneering, as it were, two inches thick on the outside. ; When the twenty-eight plans for the Stockton library were submitted those for the marble building were looked on with uncertain eves. The trustees liked the idea of the marble, but were timid about ac- cepting the plans, as the system was new and untested. Governor Budd, who was chairman of the trustees, wasinstrumental in overcoming the opposition to the “new idea,”” and the plans were accepted. The building was erected and is one of the handsomest structures of the State. It cost $50,000, which it is estimated is 20 per cent cheaper than that of a marble build- ing of the same dimensions constructed on the old system. i According to Mr. Pelton the system of | construction has many advantages. A wall fourteen inches thick is sufficient for a building of five storiesin height. The steel frames, as well as the outside marble | slabs, give the same strength as three or four feet thickness of brick. At intervals ! between the steel frame work are slotted cleats, which extend four or five inches be- yond the brick. In theseare set the marble slabs, the joints being filled tight and smooth. Between the brickwork and the marble exterior there is an interstice of two inches, which, it is claimed, acts as a !pro(enfion against dampness, heat, cold | and fire. There is a free circulation of air | between the marble and brick. Among | the other advantages claimed for the new system of construction is that of economy in space. Where real estate and walls are high the difference between walls fifteen inches and forty-two inches lin thickness is appreciable. It is estimated that in_ the Crocker building there is 16 per cent loss in space and in the Mills building 12 per cent. The new sys- tem would save from one-third to a half, depending on the height of the structure. With a rent roll of $20,000 the difference | would equal $1100 or §1200. | The exterior of & building constructed on this system is that of solid marble, and in durability it is claimed to be equal. 1f a slab should become injured in any way it can be taken out and replaced at small expense, leaving the surface the same as betore. : Those who have looked into the matter are convinced that it will have a revolu- tionary bearing on the architecture of the future. For public buildings it subserves the ends of strength and beauty, and ac- complishes an tramense saving in wall and floor room, The faculties of the affiliated collegesare much impressed by the idea of a marble building, and their further investigation of the proposition will be attended with much interest. AN OLD MARINER DEAD. Nicholas Bichard, the Eccentric Hulk- Owner, Died at Tiburon Yester- day Morning. Old Captain Nick Bichard died at his ulk-home and among his fleet of super- annuated craft at Tiburon yesterday morn- ing. He was a native of the English Channel islands, and came to San Francisco early in the fifties. He made money in Govern- ment contracts and supplying vessels with coal, also in the codfishing business, send- ing many schooners to the Northern Pa- cific for that object. His fortune gradually slipped away from bim through bad management, and of late years he owned only the old hulks that lie decaying on the beach at Tiburon. He had a mania for buying old vessels, which soon became unserviceable and were towed to his boneyard for dead ships. Among them was the ancient brig Tropic Bird which he had partially changed into a house and which was his residence, or flagship as he called it. There were also the Constitution, San Luis, Remijo, Don Adolpho, Don Carlos and the Don Nicholas, named after himself. The old man was a familiar figure in Sausalito and was liked by all who knew him. He was a welcome visitor to yachts- men, who enjoyed his quaint tales'of the sea and his hospitality in return for their kindness to him. His death will be sin- cerely mourned by the many who came in contact with the kindly old man. — e There is certainly no baking powder so well known and generally used as the Royal. Its perfect purity,as well as its superiority in leavening power, are matters of fact no longer disputed by honest deal- ers or makers of other brands. WALLENSTEIN'S CASE. Judge Hunt Grants a Motion for a New Trial and Gives His Rensons. Judge Hunt yesterday granted a motion for a new trial in the case of Lewis D. ‘Wallenstein against Achille Roos and in doing so gave his reasons therefor in a long opinion. The case is one which has been pending in the courts for some time and several months ago the plaintiff re- covered judgment for L Wallenstein was a clerk in the employ of Roos Brothers, and in his comul&int stated that Achille Roos had accused him of stealing $1 and had detained him until he gave up $500. Roos, he said, afterward hmf him arrested, but on trial he was acquitted. In_his answer the defendant averred that Wallenstein had openly ad- mitted having robbed the firm of money and had agreed to pfi' back $500 and also to leave the State. He did leave, but re- turned and was arrested. In granting the motion for & new trial Judge Hunt says that the testimony of seven witnesses tended to establish® the guilt of Wallenstein and two of them had actually caught him in the act of embez- zling. If he had not been guilty, the court says, it is not likely that he would have paid over $500 and thereafter rested under the stigma of being a thief; neither would he have left the State. Under these cir- cumstances his Honor could not sustain the verdict in favor of the plaintiff. A JURY SECURED. Twelve Men Who Will Try McGaughey for the Killing of Dr. Plouf. The examination of talesmen to secure a jury for the trial of J. D. L. McGaughey, charged with the murder of Dr. Plouf, was resumed in Judge Belcher’s court yester- day morning. When the court adjourned on Thursday ten jurors had been secured and the other two were obtained by noon yesterday. Following are those who will have the fate of the prisoner in their hands: G. H. Jeffrees, A. G. Martin, E. W. Skel- ton, William McPhun, Arthur McQuade, E. M. Allen, John Schussler, John Man- derson, John Coleman, Alexander P. Boyd, Jobn Gatts and P. E. O'Hara. After the jury had been secured, Judge Belcher announced his intention of ad- journing his court until Monday so that e could have the courtroom properly ventilated. He said that for months past the room had been unfit for use owing to the foul air which ascends through the ventilators from the dark, damp basement of the City Hall. Jurors had complainea to him of the draughts and foul air, and he was unwilling to ask them to risk their lives by sitting in the room. He added that he had already asked the City Hall Commissioners to remodel the ventilating system, but they had not done 50, and he would ask no more from them. Instead, he said he would make a per- AROUND THE WATER FRONT! The Old Scow-Sloop Darling- ton the Heroine of Many Collisions. STILL AFTER MORE BAY ROWS. A Number of Outward Bound Ves- sels Driven Back by the Rough Weather. It was reported here yesterday that the schooner Norma, owned by S. P. Petersen, 32 California street, had gone ashore and was lost near Natividad, Mex. This was one of the small vessels that rode out the gale that overcame the Colima. Her owner has received no news of the loss and does not place much faith in the revort. The scow-sloop D. N. Darlington, the oldest and toughest craft on these waters, had her thirtieth—or fortieth—collision yesterday morning. So hardened is she in ber fights with other vessels that a little thing like the loss of a mast or bowsprit is THE OLD BELLIGERENT SCOW DARLINGTON, DISABLED BUT HUNTING MORE TROUBLE., [Sketched for the *“Call” by Coulter.] emptory order that the Sheriff put the courtroom in proper condition. The taking of testimony in the Me- l%aughey case will begin on Monday at AM, ) LODGE FOR THE IR It Is Designed in Rough Uncut | Stone in the Old Eng- lish Style. Commissioner Austin Says It Will Be an Ornament to the Pleasure Grounds. The Park Commissioners have almost determined to build a comfortable stone lodge opposite the present building. “This is an old subject,” said Commis- sioner Austin, yesterday, “though we seem nearer our object than ever before. No one will dispute the assertion that the present headquarters of the Commissioners is a dis- | grace to the City. The secretary is forced into a little, stuffy room, poorly lighted, while the Commissioners’ room is practi- cally unfit for use. The present building has been patched and added to, until itis almost impossible to tell where the original building begins. “The next meeting of the Park Commis- sioners win decide the matter, though I am inclined to think that work on the lodge will begin in a few weeks. We pro- pose to build a handsome stone structure costing probably $20,000 or $25,000. As| near as possible we will build it on lines patterned after the old English lodge in rough stone. “This, I think, will produce a very pleas- ing effect. The new lodge will be built just opvosite the present structure, the reason of this change being that the cold westerly winds willgbe partly cut off. “The office part of the building will be a one-story affair, neatly finished in oak. The rear, connecting of course with the office part of the building, will be two stories high, making a nice comfortable home and giving plenty of room to the superintendent and his family. You ma; say that if the new park lodge is built it will be a beauty from an architectural standpoint.” KENNARD TO RETIRE. T. M. Fernandez Succeeds to His Posi- sition in the Department. George W. Kennard, second assistant chief engineer of the Fire Department, will be placed on the retired list at half pay on July 1, at his own request. Heis 66 years of age, and first went into the de- partment twenty-four years ago as a fire- man, rising through the various grades to his present position. T. M. Fernardez, who has served as re- lief engineer for a long time, has been chosen by the Commissioners to succeed Kennard.” He has been in the department sixteen years, and has a good record. e No agency has had more influence in beneficially affecting the health and com- fort of the people than Royal Baking Pow- er. | | only a mere scratch. Whenever she gets run into and smashed upshe simply limps off to some repair-yard and comes {ack as good as new. She is in the lumber trade, because she is so old that any other load would fall through her bottom. For many years she has been pushing her blunt homely nose up and down the sloughs bordering San Yrancisco Bay, and from Black Point to | Hunters Point she has had rows with tugs, schooners, mud-diggers, piledrivers, float- ing logs and other scows. The ferry-boats fear her. and she even assaults a big ship now and again. Bometimes she gets a kick at the wharfs and rakes a few pilesout, of their places. Nothing that floats can conciliate this terror of the bay when she starts out seeking a fight. She was built at Vnflezo about forty-five yearsagoand named aiter Admiral Dar- ington. Notwithstanding her many en- gagements she is a solid oak craft, and is good for many more bay fights. Yesterday the tug Annie, which has often been obliged to give the scow plenty of way,caught her moored at the outer end of Washington-strest wharf and jammed into her with terrific force, snapping the bowsprit off clean to the hull. The tug was also badly damaged. The skipper of the disabled vessel didn’t swear or make other marine vocal noises, but simply asked the tug captain if that was the best he could do. Then the crew rigged the broken spar in, tied it up with ropes, cast off the lines and went down the bay, the disabled bowsprit springing up to the pull of the rusty jib, and the distant hills show- ing through the thin old canvas of the mainsail. _ Whep last seen she was making her way lively toward a big iron ship with a bone in her teeth and blood in her eye. The old bark Germania went to sea yes- terday morning and returned to Sausalito, her skipper not wishing to tempt the 50- mile wind that was humming around Point Lobos. The schooners Oriole and Wing returned from outside yesterday, having lost several sparsin the stiff breeze. The bark Theobald arrived, twenty days from Cooks Inlet, with 600 tons of coal for the North Pacific Mining and Transporta- tion Company, being the product of a new mine under process of development in that locality. It is reported that Shipping-master L. A. Rickoff will retire from the Shipowners’ Association next month and his place will be taken by H. G. Way, who has been firadehook clerk in the institution. A leputy United States Shipping Commis- sioner will be again attached to the office of the association. He will assistin the making of shipping contracts on board vessels. Hereafter the Quarantine Officer of this port will not have the privilege of treating medically the sailors of British vessels here. Quite an exiensive private practice has come to that official through his privi- lege of boarding incoming ships, but a decree has gone forth from English ship- owners at home that the men in their vessels will, in the future, have the attend- ance of an English physician, who will dose them in the approved British Ad- miralty style New Incorporations. Articles of incorporation of the Knights of Pythias Burial Association of San Francisco were filed with the County Clerk yesterday. Itis the purpose of the association to maintain & cemetery in San Mateo County. Thedirectors are 8. W. Powell, Lee F. Russell, Thomas Clark, Willis W, Williams, Francis Atkinson, ‘Thomas Maguire and George F. Lang. The Hollister Storage Compauy has also been fncorporated, with a capital stock of £50,000. Directors: William Palmtag, H. W. Neubauer, Charles F. Leege, Simon Arnspacher and A. Tonn. THEIR OONTRAOT MARRIAGE. One of Mr. Moxley’s Widows Tells of Her Married Life. In the contest over the estate of the late pioneer, John 8. Moxley, between the two women who claim to be his widows, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Harrington, one of the con- testants, admitted under cross-examina- tion yesterday in Judge Hebbard’s court that she had been married to Moxley by contract, they having entered into the agreement in August, 1863. No ceremony had ever been performed between them, but the contract had heen witnessed by Mrs. O'Connorand Mrs. Bowers, a servant. She and Moxley had always mingled their funds together as husband and wife. When she came to San Francisco to live she said that she had saved about $8000. Of this she had deposited half in bank and the other half she kept in a tin box in the | house. The cross-examination of the wit- was exhaustive and tedious, and the promises to drag out a long existence yet in the courts. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FPRICDLANDLR.GOTTLOB & (- 1£53¢3 AnD MATGLRE - 1F T You w TO SEE BEAUTIFUL AUDIENCE COME THIS AFTERNOO ! CIMOTEIS ! The Magnlficent Play in Four Acts. The Entire Frawley Company in the Cast ——The Same Popular Prices— Night, 18¢, 25¢, 50c. 76c: Matinee, 15¢, 25¢, 50c. MONDAY NEXT, The Funnlest of All Comedies, “NANCY & €O.” COLUMBIA THEATER. SPECIAL BENEFIT ——OF THE—— PRESS CLUB 0f San Francisco, ASSISTED BY THE PROFESSIONAL TALENT FROM THE BALDWIN, COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA, TIVOLI, MOROSCO'S, ALCAZAR, ORPHEUM and CIRCUS ROYAL. RESERVED SEATS.........%1.00 Nowon sale at the Box-office of the Columbla Thenter, or at the Club Rooms, Thurlow Block. A O Mzs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages “WE HAVE HIT ’EM AGAIN !” ——EVERY EVENING!—— THE FARCICAL OPERA THAT PLEASES ALL H. Grattan Donnelly's “SHIP AHOY!” YOU WANT TO SEE IT ! NEW BONGS NEW DANCES! IN PREPARATION, The Most Melodious Opera Ever Written, “LA PERICHOLE!" Popular Prices—25c¢ and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater|n America. WALTER MOROSCO. ... Sole Lessee and Managse THIS EVENING AT 8. K AND GREAT SUCCESS Of the Author-Actor, WALTER SANFORD———— In His Great Scenic Melodrama, “THE NTRUGGLE OF LIFE! EVENING PRICES—25¢ and_50c. Famlly Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY) JUNE 1S, Parquet, any seat, 25¢; Balcony, any seat, 10¢; Children, 10c, any part of the house. Last Night and Two Matinees of JULES LEVY! Great and Increased Popularity of AMANN, THE SALAMBOS, GILBERT and GOLDIE, O'DELL and PAGE, And = Great Vaudeville Company. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS.. Yroprietor and Managee TO-NIGHT—-And Balance of Week, BENEFITS TO THE SURVIVING SEA- MEN OF THE WRECKED COLIMA. REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE WRECK By the Following Members of the Crew: Albert Carpenter, Ramon Aviles snd Thomas Fries. SECOND NoTE_ PRICES: Evening—Parquet and Dress Circle, Reserved, 25c and 50c. Saturday and day Matinees—Parquet, Chil- dren, 15¢; Adults, HAWAIIAN NATIONAL BAND SUTRO BATELS, Sunday, June 16, From 1 to 6. Prices 25¢ and 10c. Farewell concert. RUNKING % RUNNING - RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:30 P. 2. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the gate. PICNICS AND i:xcunsmxs. EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT, N EN EVERY SUNDAY DURING emoz THE SEASON. Musle, Dancing, Bowling, Boating, Fishing and Other Amusements. Refreshments at City Prices. re, round trip, 26c; children, 15¢, including admission to grounds. HE Si EAMER UKIAH s 0 A, 12:10. 2:00 e EL Campo 11:15 ‘Will leave Tiburon Ferry 1 and P. . Returning le; A3, 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 P. M. ALASKA EXCURSION. EAVING SAN FRANCISCO JULY 9. RE- turning July 30. For reduced rates and in- formation address Rev. Henry H. Rice, 1054 Kirk- ham street, Oskland, Cal.